Because the man has no filter, he felt the need to say the quiet part out loud about his buddies profiting from this grift.

that's exactly what it is actually

Of course it is. His two primary characteristics are that he is a Traitor, and breath-takingingly Corrupt.

It's probably other stupid things as well, but it's definitely market manipulation.

Uh, it is all market manipulation. Tarrifs, subsidies, grants, hell, even tax breaks on selected things, sectors, etc.. China. The EU and the USA, well most countries do it.

Anyway, the point here is that no one who knows how to play the market should have moved a dime through the fluctuations but many people get overly jumpy for no reason. This crap will pass but the media is fear mongering a bit too much.

Yes, those who wanted to play with risk, could have bought into the dip. You do not have to be a millionaire/billionate to know or do any of this. You just have to be in the market as to make some money. Like Google is not going out of business, if the stock went down then yeah why not buy into it?

I recall that when the Iraq war broke out, tons of soulless stockbrokers went nuts into American weapon manufacturers, specifically corps that made missile parts.

It is always the same and the same thing happens all the time. Same with the Ukrainian war. Guess who invested in weapon manufacturers again?

unfortunately it's just this, over and over and over

I don’t feel particularly shameful because I don’t self-identify with the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. It’s not my state, it’s theirs.

MAGA people can't feel shame over any of this, they are incapable. This is a wealth and religion thing, you'll notice MAGA people are nearly universally either wealthy, religious or both.

Particularly in America (because of the historical confluence of wealth and religion) these two types of people don't experience shame the same way normal people do. Wealthy people's sense of superiority over their position in society has bred in them the notion that shame is for their lessers. The richer they are, the worse this is. Religious people feel that nothing in the world is more righteous than sticking it to nonbelievers and no effort put forth in pursuit of that goal can be considered shameful. In fact, the opposite. In any case their shame quotient is sodden with their own repressed sexuality.

No you would think it is genius

Like anyone who could think critically or even have slightest media literacy, but....

I can def believe he thinks that is what he is doing.

But by putting world tarrifs on hold. He is just giving Europe 90days to worry and discuse China. While giving China more reason to consider deals with Europe.

Add to that China has been building deals with most of the world for over 20 years.

China has less to lose then the big US corp owners that back trump and depend on China for manufacturing and parts etc.